Monday, April 13, 2015

Meet Macbeth

Macbeth is introduced from the witches and they mention him as a strong individual who is brave. This connotates that Macbeth is a man who will do anything and usually bravery is tied to heroism and has positive connotations so from this interpretation readers get a sense that Macbeth is someone who will do what is not popular but what id right. When he is introduced into the story he seems power hungry and clueless because he doesn't know that he is thane of cawdor but he is respectful because he realizes that the previous thane had the thrown and he questions why he should be given it and not Banquo, but Macbeth accepts it. The witches foreshadow that Macbeth will be great and Banquo shows his jealousy of having to attention. This foreshadows that Banquo will always be in the backlight and Macbeth will always surpass him. Shakespeare starts every scene with a setting and it allows the reader to picture where the act is taking place and the context of he words said. He uses the language and magic of the witches to hint at what they think is to come and their attitudes towards the different characters and even the attitudes of the characters toward the witches. Shakespeare uses indirect characterization to foreshadow and lay out the plot of the play without explicitly saying anything. Chaos and not organized with one description of him. Macbeth is seen as brave and strong but naive in a sense and power hungry. Shakespeare's tone is authoritative and pretentious. Macbeth seems like the individual who is better than everyone else and throughout the play that will get him in trouble because he wants to be the top dog.

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